Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

Result of the 1st practice session :

1. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:17.238
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:17.254 +0.016
3. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:17.384 +0.146
4. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 1:18.131 +0.893
5. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:18.361 +1.123
6. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing - 1:18.435 +1.197
7. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:18.446 +1.208
8. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren - 1:18.514 +1.276
9. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:18.578 +1.340
10. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:18.643 +1.405
11. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - 1:18.733 +1.495
12. Sergio Perez - Force India - 1:18.959 +1.721
13. Adrian Sutil - Sauber - 1:19.108 +1.870
14. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:19.142 +1.904
15. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso - 1:19.177 +1.939
16. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus - 1:19.340 +2.102
17. Felipe Massa - Williams - 1:19.575 +2.337
18. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:19.804 +2.566
19. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:20.200 +2.962
20. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 1:20.844 +3.606
21. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham - 1:21.404 +4.166
22. Alexander Rossi - Caterham - 1:21.757 +4.519

Alonso beats Mercedes duo in first practice:
Fernando Alonso claimed the opening P1 for the Canadian Grand Prix weekend having beaten Lewis Hamilton by 0.016s.
McLaren rookie Kevin Magnussen was the first out on a dirty Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, clocking a 1:23.2. And although he lowered the benchmark with each consecutive lap, he could do nothing the stop the Mercedes drivers from gaining control. Lewis Hamilton, despite an early scare that turned out to be a radio issue, hit the front with a 1:18.997, easily half a second up on second-placed Felipe Massa. It soon became a Mercedes 1-2 as Nico Rosberg closed up on his team-mate, the German 0.03s down. The duo went even quicker, a 1:18.088 for Hamilton and a 1:18.138 for Rosberg, while Fernando Alonso slotted his Ferrari into third place, half a second slower on the P1 time. With dark clouds closing in on the dirty track, drivers struggled to get heat into their tyres with Caterham reserve driver Alexander Rossi told his tyre temperature is at the "bottom of the working range." That explained his lock ups as well as issues other drivers such as Pastor Maldonado were experiencing. Back at the front and out for a second run, Rosberg went quickest ahead of Hamilton only for the Brit to overhaul him. It was all change, though, as Alonso posted a 1:17.238, edging Hamilton by 0.016s. When the Mercedes drivers came out for their final run both were fueled up meaning Alonso finished quickest of all ahead of the Brackley racers. Sebastian Vettel was fourth quickest ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Daniel Ricciardo.
There were problems for Monaco points-scorer Jules Bianchi as he hit the wall, not the Wall of Champions, just the wall. That has left him with a "maybe a track rod failure" he said as he crawled back to the pits with a seriously vibrating Marussia. Meanwhile, an "ERS pump failure" meant Massa managed just seven laps as his team worked on fixing the problem while a "control unit" issue curtailed Esteban Gutierrez's morning.

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Ps : For those who are interested , the 2nd practice will be live at BBC 3 at 20.00u CET

Canadian Grand Prix – circuit Gilles Villeneuve - (first race in Montreal: 1978)
after safety problems with Mosport, the Canadian Grand Prix moved to its current home on Île Notre-Dame, a man-made island in the St. Lawrence river adjacent to Montreal. Here, in 1978, Gilles Villeneuve scored his first Formula One victory in the inaugural race. Four years later, in 1982, the circuit was renamed in memory of Gilles Villeneuve after his death.

The Montreal circuit is known as a "stop and go" track. Fuel consumption is very high while the downforce set-up is low to maximise the top speed on the straights. Here the engine power and brake balance are very important.

The track layout is quite simple but I like it. Look what did on this track in 1981 Gilles Villeneuve. Driving blind

Pirelli has chosen for this Gran Prix the “Soft yellow” and “supersoft Red”
Winning strategy last year: 2 pit stop for pilots on podium
(Vettel, Alonso Hamilton) first pit stop between lap n. 16/19 and second pit stop between lap 47/49

Podium 2011: Button (Mc Laren) – 2° Vettel and 3° Webber.
Fastest lap: Button – pole position : Vettel 1'13''014

Podium 2012: Hamilton(Mc Laren) – 2° Grosjean and 3° Perez.
Fastest lap: Vettel – Pole position : Vettel 1'13''784

Podium 2013: Vettel (Red Bull) – 2° Alonso and 3° Hamilton.
Fastest lap: Webber – pole position : Vettel 1'25''425 (wet condition and intermediate tyres)

the winners
3 wins: Hamilton (2007-2010-2012)
1 win: Raikkonen(2005) Alonso (2006) Button(2011) Vettel (2013)

pole position:
3 pole: Hamilton (2007-2008-2010) and Vettel (2011-2012-2013)
1 pole: Button(2005) Alonso (2006)

Fastest lap
3: Raikkonen(2005-2006-2008)
2: Alonso (2003-2007);
1: Vettel (2012) and Button(2011)

Podium(winner+second+third) for current pilots at Montreal
4 (3 wins+0 second+1 third) Hamilton
3 (1+1+1) Button
3 (1+1+1) Alonso
2 (1+1+0) Vettel
2 (1+0+1) Raikkonen
1 (0+1+0) Grosjean
1 (0+0+1) Perez
Never on podium: Massa 10 races and Rosberg 7 races in Montreal

Michael Schumacher at Montreal: 18 races (7 wins and 5 second places) total of 12 times on podium and 6 pole.
Last one win for Ferrari ten years ago (M.Schumacher)

Onboard with Vettel in 2013 !!!


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22 - 25 May 2014


FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2014

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts

1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 78 1:49:27.661 1 25

2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 78 +9.2 secs 2 18

3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RacingR 78 +9.6 secs 3 15

4 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 78 +32.4 secs 5 12

5 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-M 77 +1 Lap 11 10

6 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 77 +1 Lap 12 8

7 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 77 +1 Lap 16 6

8 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 77 +1 Lap 14 4

9 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 77 +1 Lap 21 2


etc , etc

Notes - Ericsson qualified 22nd, required to start from pit lane for
causing a collision. Bianchi qualified 19th, dropped 5 grid spots after
gearbox change; finished 8th, 5s added to race time for serving a
penalty under the safety car.


So , Bianchi one place down

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FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2014
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Fri 06 June 2014
Practice 1 16:00 - 17:30
Practice 2 20:00 - 21:30
Sat 07 June 2014
Practice 3 16:00 - 17:00
Qualifying 19:00
Sun 08 June 2014
Race 20:00

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 6 RACES :

1. Mercedes 240 points
2. Red Bull 99 points
3. Ferrari 78 points
4. Force India 67 points
5. McLaren & Williams 52 points
6. Toro Rosso & Lotus 8 points
7. Marussia 2 points

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 6 RACES :

1. N. Rosberg GER Mercedes 122 points
2. L. Hamilton GBR Mercedes 118 points
3. F. Alonso ESP Ferrari 61 points
4. D. Ricciardo AUS Red Bull 54 points
5. N. Hulkenberg GER ForceIndia 47 points
6. S. Vettel GER Red Bull 45 points
7. V. Bottas FIN Williams 34 points
8. J. Button GBR McLaren 31 points
9. K. Magnussen DEN McLaren 21 points
10. S. Perez MEX ForceIndia 20 points
11. F. Massa BRA Williams 18 points
12. K. Raikkonen FIN Ferrari 17 points
13. R. Grosjean FRA Lotus 8 points
14. J. E. Vergne FRA & D. Kvyat RUS ToroRosso 4 points
15. J. Bianchi FRA Marussia 2 points

Result of the race :

1. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP + 9.2 78
3. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing + 9.6
4. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari + 31.4
5. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India + 1 lap
6. Jenson Button - McLaren + 1 lap
7. Felipe Massa - Williams + 1 lap
8. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team + 1 lap
9. Romain Grosjean - Lotus + 1 lap
10. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren + 1 lap
11. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham + 1 lap
12. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:18.479 + 1 lap
13. Kamui Kobayashi - Caterham + 2 laps
14. Max Chilton Marussia - F1 Team + 2 laps
Did Not Finish :
15. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber
16. Valtteri Bottas - Williams G
17. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso
18. Adrian Sutil - Sauber
19. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso
20. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing
21. Sergio Perez - Force India
Did not Start :
22. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus

Fastest Lap : Kimi Raikkonen - 1:18.479
Pitstop Kimi Raikkonen : 3 ( lap 26 - lap 28 - lap 73)
Bat. 2 Teams : Felipe Massa > Pastor Maldonado
Grid Pos. Fernando Alonso : 4th place

Rosberg defeats Hamilton:
Nico Rosberg turned his controversial pole position into faultless victory for Mercedes on Sunday whe regained the lead in the drivers’ world championship by winning the Monaco Grand Prix, at a venue the German considers his home circuit, and in what was an incident packed race, with a high attrition rate that claimed world champion Sebastian Vettel very early on in the proceedings.
The 28-year-old German, made his best start of the season, and came home 9.2 seconds clear of nearest rival which was teammate Lewis Hamilton who coped with loss of vision in one eye as he held off Australian Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bull in the closing laps. It was Rosberg’s second consecutive victory at the principality, his second win of the 2014 season and the fifth win of his career.
“It’s another special day for me, for sure,” said Rosberg. “Lewis drove well and pushed me massively hard. The pressure was on but I kept it cool and pulled a bit of a gap at the end because of the refreshed tyres. Thanks to the team for all their great work.”
Ricciardo summed up his thoughts on the podium, “It’s really nice to be on the podium. The start was not great, it was frustrating. Sebastian had a problem and I got fourth, then Raikkonen had a puncture so we inherited third. At the end, we closed in on Lewis. We tried to put pressure on but third was best we could do.” Fernando Alonso finished fourth for Ferrari ahead of Nico Hulkenberg of Force India and Jenson Button who finished sixth for McLaren. Felipe Massa came home seventh for Williams, Jules Bianchi was eighth for Marussia ahead of fellow-Frenchman Romain Grosjean of Lotus and Kevin Magnussen finished 10th in the second McLaren. It was a historic day from Marussia as they finally scored their first Formula 1 world championship points, beating their arch rivals Caterham, to the accolade. “Finally we have a point!” Bianchi declared in delight on the team radio after he heard that he finished ninth despite a five-second penalty applied to his race time. Later the Frenchman added, “It’s just amazing for us, we have been waiting for this for a long time and now we have done it”. At the sharp end Rosberg’s win carried him to 122 points in the title race ahead of Hamilton, who was only half a second ahead of Ricciardo as they crossed the line, on 118. On an overcast afternoon in the Mediterranean principality, with an air temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and a track temperature of 28, there was blatant tension in the air before the start. Following Saturday’s controversy, after Rosberg had gone down an escape road on his final lap, and Hamilton’s threat to ‘take a leaf out of Senna’s book’, fireworks were expected. Hamilton did not in public at any rate congratulate Rosberg or make any contact with his teammate on the podium. Given the drama of 24 hours earlier Hamilton and his Mercedes teammate delivered a damp squib when the lights went out, Hamilton following Rosberg down to Ste Devote. As the two Mercedes streaked clear, separated by less than a car’s length on the opening lap, Raikkonen made the most of a fast start in his Ferrari to take fourth place behind Vettel, who had jumped teammate Ricciardo off the grid. Vettel’s good start counted for little, however, as he was soon hit by a loss of power and gearbox problems. “Come on guys,” he said, on the team radio. “I’m sure you are trying everything… I’m stuck in first gear.” The reigning world champion retired on lap eight, joining the luckless Pastor Maldonado, whose Renault did not start and was pushed off the grid , and Sergio Perez, who was hit by Briton Jenson Button’s McLaren at the Mirabeau corner on the opening lap, on the sidelines. The safety car came out for the first time. Soon after, on lap 25, Adrian Sutil, who had been charging hard, finally lost control at the chicane and hit the barriers, triggering a second safety car intervention which, in turn, caused the leaders to dive into the pits for fresh tyres on laps 27 and 28 respectively. This was arguably the best chance Hamilton had of seriously challenging for victory as he was gifted an opportunity to pit just before the second safety car was deployed, after Sutil’s shunt at the Chicane. There appeared to be ample time for his pit wall to make the call to bring him in, as the debris from the Sauber strewn across the track would clearly require a safety car. But no call was made to the driver of car number 44. Hamilton was not pleased and made it quite clear over the radio: “I knew we should have pitted on that lap, but I knew you wouldn’t call me in guys.” Racing resumed on lap 30 when Raikkonen had dropped to 14th after a collision and puncture and Vergne’s Toro Rosso crew released their driver directly – and dangerously – into the path of Kevin Magnussen’s McLaren. Vergne, running sixth, was given a drive-through penalty that dropped him to 12th before an engine failure later ended his race. Hamilton remained virtually glued to Rosberg’s tail, just six-tenths of a second behind, as they led the field by more than seven seconds. Hamilton clearly believed incessant pressure might force an error as the race unfolded. At half-distance, Rosberg was warned that he needed to use higher gears to conserve fuel for the closing laps when Hamilton was expected to attack again. This seemed certain until, with 14 laps to go, Hamilton’s vision was impaired, causing him to ease off by four seconds. “I can’t see out of my left eye – I’ve got some dirt, or something, in my eye,” he reported. Later he played down the incident when summing up his race, “It was just something that came through the visor. – it was nothing important. It was a good day for us – it’s very important for the team to get another 1-2. I had great pace and I felt I was strong but it’s incredibly difficult to overtake.” With tensions mounting with every session, let alone every race, the podium was an awkward affair with Hamilton ignoring Rosberg and vice versa, the tension between the two title contenders is palpable and sure to get even worse – it is clearly war within the Silver Arrows camp.

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Result of the Qualifying :
1 Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:15.989
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:16.048 +0.059
3. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing - 1:16.384 +0.395
4. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 1:16.547 +0.558
5. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:16.686 +0.697
6. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:17.389 +1.400
7. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:17.540 +1.551
8. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren - 1:17.555 +1.566
9. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso - 1:18.090 +2.101
10. Sergio Perez - Force India - 1:18.327 +2.338
Q2
11. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - 1:17.846 +1.857
12. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:17.988 +1.999
13. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:18.082 +2.093
14. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:18.196 +2.207
15. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus - 1:18.356 +2.367
16. Felipe Massa - Williams - no time
Q1
17. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:18.741 +2.752
18. Adrian Sutil - Sauber - 1:18.745 +2.756
19. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:19.332 +3.343
20. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 1:19.928 +3.939
21. Kamui Kobayashi - Caterham - 1:20.133 +4.144
22. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham - 1:21.732 +5.743

Qualifying Time : 1:15.989
Pole : Nico Rosberg
Team Bat. : Daniel Ricciardo > Sebastian Vettel
Grid Pos. Jenson Button : 12th place

Rosberg takes second successive Monaco pole :
Nico Rosberg took his second successive Monaco Grand Prix pole position during Saturday's qualifying hour. The German set a 1:15.989 during the opening set of Q3 runs to edge out Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, before an error on his final lap brought out the yellow flags and prevented any improvements.Heading into the third and final grid-deciding phase, Hamilton held the upper hand over Rosberg, having set the pace in final practice and topped the Q2 timesheets. But it was Rosberg who moved to the front on the opening Q3 runs, breaking into the 1m15s for the first time this weekend and placing half a tenth ahead of Hamilton.
All drivers involved in the shootout bolted on fresh Super Softs for final attempts, but Rosberg – one of the first to start his run – made a mistake on the run down to Mirabeau and was forced to take to the escape road. This brought out the yellow flags and prevented any of his main rivals from posting improved lap times. Hamilton thus had to settle for second on tomorrow's grid, sparking a rather frosty parc ferme atmosphere. As has been the case for the majority of the Monaco weekend, the Red Bulls of Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel were best of the rest, the latter doing particularly well to overcome a suspected ERS issue.
Ferrari duo Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen followed, with Toro Rosso's Jean-Éric Vergne, ever-impressive rookies Kevin Magnussen and Daniil Kvyat and Force India's Sergio Pérez completing the top ten places. While their team-mates made it through to Q3, Nico Hülkenberg and Jenson Button both fell at the second hurdle, along with Valtteri Bottas, the Lotuses of Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado and Felipe Massa. Massa had been due to compete in the second phase, but was involved in an incident with Marcus Ericsson at the end of Q1, the Caterham driver misjudging his braking point for Mirabeau and collided against the Williams .
Sauber's miserable start to the 2014 season continued, with both Esteban Gutiérrez and Adrian Sutil falling at the first hurdle. Behind, Marussia drivers Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton placed ahead of their Caterham rivals.

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Result of the 2nd practice session of the GP of Monaco :

1. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:18.482
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:18.901 +0.419
3. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 1:19.017 +0.535
4. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:19.351 +0.869
5. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:19.421 +0.939
6. Sergio Perez - Force India - 1:19.668 +1.186
7. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - 1:19.712 +1.230
8. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:19.721 +1.239
9. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing - 1:19.779 +1.297
10. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren - 1:20.230 +1.748
11. Felipe Massa - Williams - 1:20.394 +1.912
12. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso - 1:20.622 +2.140
13. Adrian Sutil - Sauber - 1:20.811 +2.329
14. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus - 1:20.977 +2.495
15. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:21.467 +2.985
16. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:21.700 +3.218
17. Kamui Kobayashi - Caterham - 1:21.924 +3.442
18. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:21.937 +3.455
19. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 1:22.683 +4.201
20. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:22.862 +4.380
21. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham - 1:23.164 +4.682
22. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:45.509 +27.027

Alonso on top in rain-affected second practice :
Fernando Alonso came out on top in Thursday afternoon's rain-affected second practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix. After the track had dried up, the Ferrari driver used a set of Super Soft tyres to record a 1:18.482, placing him comfortably clear of Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel. With a massive hailstorm hitting the Principality after the morning session, a sodden track surface greeted the drivers for second practice. But for one lap from Valtteri Bottas, there was no activity for half an hour, following which the drivers spent a lengthy phase on Intermediates. When the switch to slick tyres finally arrived in the closing ten minutes, with most moving straight on to the Super Softs, Alonso made the most of the conditions, working his way down to a mid 1m18s effort with little drama. Hamilton, who had set the standard in the dry morning session, finished just over four tenths of a second behind Alonso, with reigning quadruple World Champion Sebastian Vettel completing the top three positions.
Jean-Éric Vergne, the first to switch to slicks, placed his Toro Rosso machine just ahead of Bottas. Force India drivers Sergio Pérez and Nico Hülkenberg followed in sixth and seventh, while the McLarens of Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen – split by Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo – broke into the top ten. Nico Rosberg finished back in 20th position after failing to complete a representative time on slicks. It was worse for Kimi Räikkönen, who finished at the bottom after a gearbox issue curtailed his running. In the tail-end battle, Kamui Kobayashi ensured that Caterham finished in front of Marussia.

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Result of the 1st practice session of the GP of Monaco :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:18.271
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:18.303 +0.032
3. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing - 1:18.506 +0.235
4. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:18.930 +0.659
5. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 1:19.043 +0.772
6. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:19.467 +1.196
7. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:19.494 +1.223
8. Sergio Perez - Force India - 1:19.666 +1.395
9. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren - 1:19.789 +1.518
10. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - 1:19.856 +1.585
11. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:20.033 +1.762
12. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:20.118 +1.847
13. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:20.207 +1.936
14. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus - 1:20.241 +1.970
15. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:20.260 +1.989
16. Felipe Massa - Williams - 1:20.517 +2.246
17. Adrian Sutil - Sauber - 1:20.736 +2.465
18. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso - 1:20.914 +2.643
19. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:21.310 +3.039
20. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham - 1:22.063 +3.792
21. Kamui Kobayashi - Caterham - 1:22.492 +4.221
22. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 1:25.817 +7.546

Hamilton quickest in first Monte-Carlo practice :
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes remained in charge as the Formula 1 field returned to action in Monaco on Thursday morning. The former World Champion, winner of the past four races, clocked a 1:18.271 to edge out team-mate Nico Rosberg by three hundredths of a second, with Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo third. Amid overcast skies, which present a rainfall threat for this afternoon's second session, it took little time for the Silver Arrows duo to state their intentions, with Rosberg initially leading from Hamilton, who had a rush on his hands early on after arriving at his garage later than planned. As the session developed, Hamilton worked his way down to his low 1m18s effort, ultimately 0.032 seconds faster than Rosberg. Ricciardo, fresh from his first official Formula 1 podium at the Spanish Grand Prix, was a close third, four tenths up on Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and more than half a second clear of team-mate Sebastian Vettel. Kimi Räikkönen took sixth in the second Ferrari, just ahead of fellow Finn and Williams driver Valtteri Bottas.
Force India got both cars inside the top ten, with Sergio Pérez and Nico Hülkenberg split by Kevin Magnussen. Pérez and Magnussen were lucky to avoid a collision in the closing stages of the session, when the McLaren rookie appeared to be caught out by his slow-moving rival upon entry to the Anthony Noghes corner. Former Monaco Grand Prix winner Jenson Button finished in 11th position, with Felipe Massa 16th. Although a number of drivers locked up and took to the escape roads, Sauber's Adrian Sutil was the only man to end his session in the barriers, with his ill-handling car snapping away under braking for Mirabeau. Earlier on, Max Chilton spun at the same corner and was unable to rejoin, leaving him with just seven laps. The Briton's team-mate, Jules Bianchi, put Marussia ahead of key rivals Caterham in his absence.

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Monaco Grand Prix – a legendary circuit. (first race in 1929).

tomorrow, as usual, at Monaco
there will be: free practice 1 (morning) and free practice 2(afternoon)

Monaco is the slowest circuit on the calendar and has changed relatively little over the years
The track layout is very twisty with smooth asphalt so Pirelli has chosen for this Gran Prix the “Soft yellow” and “supersoft Red” which will make its debut at this season
Last year the winning strategy was only one pit stop.
for its tradition this is one of my favorite Grand Prix.

Podium 2011: Vettel(Red Bull) – 2° Alonso and 3° Button.
Fastest lap: Webber – pole position : Vettel 1'13''556

Podium 2012: Webber(Red Bull) – 2° Rosberg and 3° Alonso.
Fastest lap: Perez – Pole position : Webber 1'14''381
** (best lap time for Schumacher 1'14''301 but was penalized five grid positions)

Podium 2013: Rosberg(Mercedes) – 2° Vettel and 3° Webber.
Fastest lap: Vettel – pole position : Rosberg 1'13''876

the winners
2 wins: Alonso (2006-2007)
1 win: Raikkonen(2005) Hamilton(2008) Button(2009) Vettel (2011) Rosberg(2013)

pole position:
2 pole: Alonso (2006-2007)
1 pole: Raikkonen(2005) Massa(2008) Button(2009) Vettel (2011) Rosberg(2013)

*nine times in the last ten years, the pilot who scored pole position then won the race
Only in 2008 pole position for Massa but win for Hamilton

Fastest lap
2: Raikkonen(2003-2008) and Vettel(2010-2013);
1: Alonso (2007); Massa(2009); and Perez(2012);

Podium(winner+second+third) for current pilots at Monaco
4 (2 wins+1 second+1 third) Alonso
3 (1+2+0) Vettel
3 (1+1+1) Button
3 (1+1+1) Raikkonen
2 (1+1+0) Hamilton
2 (1+1+0) Rosberg
2 (0+0+2) Massa

Ayton Senna 10 races at Monaco: 8 times on podium (6 wins, record still unbeaten + 1 second place + 1 third place) and 5 pole.

Australian Jack Brabham, who won three Formula One world titles and is the only man to have won the championship driving a car that bore his name, died at the age of 88 on Monday.
A fierce competitor, brilliant engineer and sound businessman, Brabham claimed the Formula One titles in 1959 and 1960 for Cooper Racing before going on to win a third in 1966 for the Brabham marque.
He died at his home on Australia's Gold Coast.

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